(14 Dec 2021, 11:49 pm)Jimmi wrote Problem with that is they are actually still seeing use presently albeit not necessarily on the 20, one seems to do scholars and the X62 from Durham to Peterlee on an afternoon for example.
One that I find peculiar is the Drifter Lites, atm at least it seems to have a PVR of 7 but 8 buses are branded with one often appearing elsewhere, typically on the 5/9.
That’s because the 60 used to be every 10 minutes so required 8 buses. Now down to post COVID service levels, it’s PVR is 7, but it does seem for weeks now, that 2 Drifter StreetLites often get allocated to the 5/9 from start of service, meaning at least one bus on the daytime 60 allocation is filled by something else. Bus times suggests 5369, 5373 and 5376 all seem to have started the day of the 5/9 circuit on Tuesday.
Allocating the one spare branded Drifter bus to the 5/9 makes sense since evening 5/9 interwork with the 60. But as to why that happens with more than one branded bus, is odd.